Parachute



(No Model.) I f C. O. FROST.

PABAGHUTE. No. 604,976. w Patent/ed May 31, 1898.

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PARACHU srncrrrcnrronfomin me of Letters Patent no. 604,996, dated. May'3 1, 1898.

1 Application filedllove'mber 28, 1896. .sm1r. 613,383. (No model.)

To all toil/0m; it may conccrri:

Be itknown that'I, OAssius o. FROST, a'citi-.

" zen of the United States, residing at Fulton, in

the county of Morrow and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new, and useful Improvementsin: Parachutes; and-I do hereby de- .cl'are the following to be a" full, clear, and exact description of the" invention, such as will enable others skillediin the art to which it appertains tomake and use'the same. I

This invention is an improvement in toys, the object-of the samebeing to provide a toy 'parachutewhich can be thrown into the air to a considerable height and willautomatically assume a positionthat will insure a gradual descent of the same. v

With the above object in view, the invention consists of acircular piece offlexible fabric, cords attached to the edgeof said fabric at short intervals, aring attachedfto the other end of the cords, and a'solid sphere or ball of'aheavy material connected to the ring by cords, the sphere o'r ball'being of little larger diameter thanthe ring, as hereinafter, particularly set forth in fully described, and the appended claim.

- In the accompanying drawingy which forms "a 'part of this specification, the view illustrates a toy parachute constructed in accordance with my invention, being a side elevation of the device in theposition it assumes when descending. v

With reference to the drawing, 1 desig na'tes a piece of fabric, either, silk or other textile'ofthe required degree of flexibility,

and to the edge thereof, at suitable intervals,

are] attached several lengths of cord-'2. To

V the lower ends; of these'cords is connected a if ring 3, considerablysmallerindiameter than the circular fabric, and suspended'from this ring by means of cords 4 is a sphere or-ball 5,

the latter having a small ring to which the cords 4 are connected. The cords 4 by which the ball is suspended frojmthe ring'3 may be The manner in which the toyis used is to gthwise to its fullest extent by ball and ring and the peak endjof thefabric passed into the smaller ring of the ball. Thus the whole device is wrapped into a compact ball and will hold together, sothat it may be thrown to ajconsiderable height; before it will unwrap,-and*vwhen it unwraps, the ball, be-

'ing the heaviest 'part and descending first, will open the parachute. In-thr'owing' the 3 device it is givenarevolving motion in a direction to cause the pressureof air-against in engagement with the ring, and as the rapidity of the motion decreases the air entering the folds of the fabric will loosen it andpermitit to unwrap. It will be noted, of course,

. the same to hold the. peak end of the fabric that the ball or sphere beingheavy permits "7';

the device to be thrown quite a distance, and being also smooth does not interfere with the unwinding of the cords andfabric. Further,

the ring 3,fitting over the ball,-'as it does,

prevent said cords becoming tangled.

A toy parachute constructed as herein shown and described provides a device of this character that will afford considerable amuse- 1 and being attached to the cordsfserves to ment to children and will require: skill in throwing it;

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A toy parachute,'comprising a circular piece go. of flexible fabric, cords attached to theedge thereof at suitable intervals, a ring to which the opposite ends of the cords are attached,

a solid ball or sphere of heavy material suspended-from the ringby cords, andasm on the ball or sphere to which the suspendingcords are attached and through which allring 5.

'the' peak of the fabric is passed when the device is. V

herein shown and described,

In testimony whereof; have specification in. th

ing witnesses.

'- signed this CASSIUS c. FROST.

Witnesses-i v I 'H.H'. HABLAN,,,

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